Lawrence University awarded challenge grant for humanities

Jan. 22, 2012

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The Post-Crescent

APPLETON - A Lawrence University initiative designed to foster development of faculty members in the humanities and attract recent doctorate recipients in the humanities for the Lawrence Fellows Program has received a $425,00 boost from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Lawrence was awarded an NEH Challenge Grant to support creation of the Lawrence Humanities Institute and two positions at Lawrence through a permanent endowment.

To receive the challenge grant and fully fund the project, Lawrence will need to raise $2.27 million in matching funds toward the $2.7 million ...